<p>Which dorm would be the best option, in terms of proximity and quality, for an incoming freshman? (engineering major)</p>
<p>You can’t choose dorms except for program houses and townhouses (and Balch for females). That being said, pretty much everywhere on North is far away from the Engineering quad…if you want to cut a 20 minute walk down to 15 min, you can try applying to Risley.</p>
<p>I just visited today, and pretty much all the dorms are great! But like Tsk said, they’re all on the other side of the campus from the Engineering buildings, so it kinda sucks. And also, you’ve to walk up that huge slope coming back from Eng buildings, and it takes a lot of breath out of you!</p>
<p>sorry, I don’t know much about colleges, but are the dorms co-ed? sorry that actually sounds like a stupid question since you just said that Balch is the only all girls dorm, but how co-ed are they? separate floors, wings, could your neighbor be the other gender? your roommate?</p>
<p>Coed means ur neighbors are other gender. Not roommate.</p>
<p>The all girls dorm is just as it sounds like. The entire building is girls only.</p>
<p>In my opinion, here’s the breakdown:
The best dorms for freshmen are court Kay Bauer and mews in terms of quality, they are the newest and look the nicest. </p>
<p>In terms of proximity, your best bet would be risley or Balch. But honestly, unless you get placed in one of the dorms in the back of the campus behind rpcc, (high rise, low rise, Jameston, or townhouses) your walking distance will be fairly the same. If you do get placed in one of these, the walk will be an additional 5-6 minutes. All of the lower dorms happen to be in the back of north campus also. </p>
<p>Anything else, (mews, court Kay Bauer, Dickson, donlon, Baluchistan and risley) are noticeably nicer than the ones mentioned above and a shorter walking distance.</p>
<p>two things:
Baluchistan?</p>
<p>and there is no huge slope to walk up between the engineering quad and the north campus dorms. there is an increase in elevation as you walk north on east ave, sure, but it’s pretty minimal relative to Libe Slope or walking up the hill after you cross the footbridge by the dam.</p>
<p>D is in Donlon and is an engineer. Loves it. Doesn’t complain about the walk. just allows 10-15 minutes to get to class. If you are really concerned you could ride a bike or catch one of the free buses, but walking is usually faster than waiting for the bus.</p>